Nathan is a Technical Principal at Invise based in Hamilton, with 19 years’ experience in New Zealand and internationally justifying public investment in transport infrastructure and place making. His background is in transport planning, modelling and economics, and more recently he has played key roles in business cases for significant challenging schemes like the Hamilton Biking and Micro-mobility Programme SSBC, SH1 South Papakura to Bombay SSBC, Additional Waitemata Harbour Connections IBC, and the Transport for Urban Growth PBC. Nathan is currently leading the Cambridge Connections PBC, where he is developing a programme to improve active and public transport travel choice, and system resilience. Nathan is a Member of Engineering NZ, and the Transportation Group having served on the national committee 2016 – 2022. He is a long-standing committee member of the NZ Modelling User Group since 2009, and was the past Chair 2016 – 2022 and Vice Chair 2014 – 2016.

Martin is a well-known public transport and urban mobility specialist in the Waikato and Bay of Plenty. He has 37 years’ transportation experience with various local authorities both here in New Zealand and the UK. He spent a number of years in Tauranga as the Manager of Transportation but now plys his trade as the Public Transport & Urban Mobility Manager at Hamilton City Council. He heads up a team delivering a significant infrastructure programme of walking, public transport, and cycling projects, as well as managing the Council’s Transport Education team. Outside of work Martin is a keen cyclist, walker of Brian the dog, and an armchair sports enthusiast.

Ann-Marie has 20 years’ experience providing transport planning and traffic engineering advice specialising in active transport projects. She is a Chartered Professional Engineer with a broad skill base which includes developing transport strategies, identifying transport effects of development, undertaking transport research, developing best practice industry guidance for active modes, and travel planning and travel demand management. Ann-Marie has an ability to combine her knowledge and practical expertise to complex issues and brings a people-centred approach to design. She has in depth knowledge of legislation and best practice design guidance for active modes through her work developing walking and cycling design guidance for Waka Kotahi.

Ali has a Master of Urban Planning and Urban Design degree, and his dissertation explored the development of tactical urbanism in planning. After working in local government in Whakatāne and Auckland, Ali joined Mackie Research as a researcher in 2020. He has been involved in a wide range of projects exploring system factors in road safety, safety around schools, mode shift, and evaluation of national transport-related programmes.